CURRICULUM VITAE 

Erik de Jesus Sánchez 

As of 5/12/05

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Education

Employment

Assistant Professor of Physics – Portland State University / Physics Department 12/02-Present

Research Associate – Harvard University / Dept. of Chemistry and Chemical Biology 3/02-11/02

Post-Doctoral Fellow – Harvard University / Dept. of Chemistry and Chemical Biology  3/99-3/02

Doctoral Student / Graduate Student - W R. Wiley Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory 6/95-3/99

Graduate Student T. A. and R. A. - Physics Department, Portland State University 9/92-6/95

Consultant - Space Vacuum Epitaxy Center / NASA: Houston, TX - Wake Shield Project (WSF-2/STS-60) 6/94-9/94

Plant System Electrical Engineer-Trojan Nuclear Power Plant, Rainier, OR 7/88-9/92    

 Dissertation(s)

Ph.D. Thesis: “A Novel Scheme for High-Resolution Near-Field Microscopy“, Department of Physics / Environmental Sciences, Portland State University, March 1999. Sunney Xie (Harvard University)

MS. Thesis: “Theoretical Studies of the Surface Plasmon Resonance (SPR) Enhanced Quantum Efficiency for a metal-Semiconductor Junction at Elevated Temperatures”, Oct. 1992 - , Peter T. Leung (Portland State University)

BA Thesis “Design / Fabrication of an Ion Laser System,” University Honors and Physics Dept., May 1989. Donald Howard (Portland State University)

Honors

· MRS Gold Award 1999

· PSU President's award 1995

· Laurels Tuition Award 1995-1996

· Oregon Sports Lottery Scholarship 1995

· PSU Physics TA Award 1995

· Deans List, PSU 1989· Dean Search Committee member - College of Liberal Arts and Sciences 1992-1993

· Associated Western University Fellowship 1995-1999

· University Honors College Graduate –Physics w/ Thesis 

Courses Taught

· PH431/531 “Electricity and Magnetism”, Winter Term 2003, 2005 

· PH432/532 “Electricity and Magnetism”, Spring Term 2003, 2005

· PH 321 “Current Electricity”, Fall Term 2003

· PH315 “Experimental Physics Lab II”, Winter Term 2004

· PH316 “Advanced Experimental Physics”, Spring Term 2004

· PH261“General Astronomy I”, Fall Term 2004

· PH262 “General Astronomy II”, Winter Term 2005

· PH315 “General Astronomy I”, Fall Term 2005

· PH316 “General Astronomy II”, Winter Term 2005 

Student Advising

· Derek Nowak (Graduate Student - Masters) since 01/03 (received Masters, will continue for PhD.)

· Amy Sibal (Graduate Student - Masters) since 01/03 (will defend fall 2005)

· Marcus Oswald (Graduate Student - Masters, German Exch. Program –will defend spring 2006)

· Mohan Vattipalli (Graduate Student – PhD. (ECE department), will defend 2007)

· Josh Smith (Graduate Student – Master’s, will defend spring 2006)

· Amanda Delzer (Undergraduate – REU Summer Student – Summer 2005)

· Ritesh Nath (Undergraduate – REU Summer Student – Summer 2004)

· Andrew Harger (Undergraduate – Physics Summer Student – Summer 2004)

· Gabe Redig (Undergraduate – Physics Summer Student – Summer 2004)

· Mike Hamilton (Undergraduate – Physics Student – 2003)

Memberships in Professional Societies

· Eta - Kappa - Nu: Electrical Engineering Honor Society

· Sigma Xi: Member from 1987 - present

· Northwest Micro Mineral Study Group - member

· Friends of Mineralogy (FM) –NW Chapter - member